Chapter Summaries

Blue Tyrant Academy arrived at the Heaven Dou Division tournament, where Lu Ming’s team encountered the resentful Shrek group. After Emperor Xue Ye opened the competition and guests named their favored teams, the academy representatives began drawing their first opponents.

• Zhu Zhuqing marveled at the crowds gathered for the tournament, and Ning Rongrong explained its importance to her.
• Yu Xiaogang brought the Shrek group to compete after buying another academy’s qualification, and Tang San blamed Lu Ming for their loss of Blue Tyrant Academy’s slot.
• Emperor Xue Ye announced the start of the Heaven Dou Division preliminary round.
• Ning Fengzhi withheld the name of the team he favored, while Xue Qinghe praised Godwind Academy and identified Shrek as a possible dark horse.
• The opening ceremony ended, and Lu Ming told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to join the representatives drawing their first opponents.

Lu Ming’s Blue Tyrant Academy team faced Plant Academy in the tournament’s opening match, where his Blue Silver Emperor caused the opposing team’s plant Martial Souls to tremble in submission. Yao Zi was left shocked as the match began.

• Lu Ming drew Plant Academy as his team’s first opponent and told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing about its all-female roster and captain, Yao Zi.
• Lu Ming, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the arena and traded taunts with Yao Zi before the referee started the match.
• Yao Zi and Plant Academy’s six other members summoned their plant Martial Souls and Spirit Rings.
• Lu Ming summoned his Blue Silver Emperor, causing the Plant Academy team’s Martial Souls to recoil and submit.
• Yao Zi stared at her trembling Ghost Vine and demanded to know what Lu Ming’s Martial Soul was.

Lu Ming revealed a Ten Thousand Year Third Spirit Ring and used it to defeat Plant Academy’s team in a single move. The arena celebrated Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory as Zhu Zhuqing’s admiration for Lu Ming grew and she compared him unfavorably to Dai Mubai.

• Lu Ming revealed a black Ten Thousand Year Third Spirit Ring, shocking the spectators and VIPs, including Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and Xue Qinghe.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Lu Ming’s ring shatter his theories, while Tang San reacted with jealousy, rage, and fear.
• Lu Ming used Blue Silver Overlord Bind to bind and knock out all seven Plant Academy members in one attack, securing Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory.
• The arena erupted in cheers, and Ning Fengzhi praised Lu Ming’s strength as far beyond that of a Soul Elder.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated with Zhu Zhuqing, who admired Lu Ming and thought Dai Mubai was worthless by comparison.

After Lu Ming led the Blue Tyrant Academy team to victory, Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit him as a disciple, but Lu Ming rejected him and called his theories deeply flawed. Lu Ming began challenging Yu Xiaogang’s claims about Blue Silver Grass, leaving their argument unresolved.

• Dugu Yan wondered whether Lu Ming was the mysterious Group Leader, then dismissed the possibility.
• The referee declared the Blue Tyrant Academy team the winner, and Lu Ming left the platform with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Lu Ming’s talent and asked to take him as his disciple, but Lu Ming refused.
• Lu Ming told Yu Xiaogang that he was unqualified to teach him and that his theories were wrong, provoking angry protests from Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Flender.
• When Yu Xiaogang defended his theory that Blue Silver Grass was best cultivated as a Control Type Soul Master, Lu Ming called it utter nonsense.

Lu Ming publicly challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories about Blue Silver Grass and dismantled his Mimicry Theory, while Bibi Dong and Hu Liena dismissed Lu Ming’s criticism from afar. The debate left Yu Xiaogang under pressure as Lu Ming condemned several of his core theories.

• Lu Ming argued that Blue Silver Grass was unsuited to the Control System and that using a spirit ring to compensate for its weakness wasted its potential.
• Ning Rongrong reported the debate to the Chat Group, where members including Bibi Dong and Hu Liena argued over Lu Ming’s challenge to Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Yu Xiaogang was the continent’s foremost theory master and predicted that he would defeat Lu Ming.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his ideas by citing the Mimicry Theory and the use of animal spirit rings to offset a plant Martial Soul’s weaknesses.
• Lu Ming claimed that such spirit rings conflicted with Blue Silver Grass’s innate qualities and criticized Yu Xiaogang’s other core theories as well.

Lu Ming publicly dismantled Yu Xiaogang's theories, challenged his reliance on women, and argued that Blue Silver Grass belonged on a Life System path. Yu Xiaogang broke down in tears as Lu Ming mocked his low innate soul power and Martial Soul.

• Yu Xiaogang fell silent after Lu Ming refuted his Ten Core Theories, leaving Tang San questioning whether his teacher had guided him wrongly.
• When Yu Xiaogang appealed to Liu Erlong and dismissed Lu Ming by age, Lu Ming told him not to hide behind women and challenged him to explain Blue Silver Grass's proper path.
• Lu Ming said Blue Silver Grass's essence was life and that it should follow the Life System, then declared Yu Xiaogang's theories worthless.
• Liu Erlong tried to calm Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San and the Shrek group defended him, but their reassurance deepened his humiliation until he cried.
• Lu Ming mocked Yu Xiaogang's half-rank Innate Soul Power and Three-Eyed Demon Fox Martial Soul.

After Lu Ming’s insults made Yu Xiaogang break down and flee, Ning Rongrong shared the scene in the Chat Group. Bibi Dong refused to believe the report and clashed with Qian Renxue, while the other members mocked Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang burst into tears after Lu Ming exposed his lack of talent, then covered his face and ran from the venue.
• Ning Rongrong posted in the Chat Group that Yu Xiaogang had been scolded to tears by Lu Ming.
• Bibi Dong rejected Ning Rongrong’s account and defended Yu Xiaogang as the Continent’s Number One Theory Master.
• Qian Renxue, using the name I Have No Mother, called Bibi Dong blind and criticized her for protecting Yu Xiaogang.
• Snow Woman asked Ning Rongrong for details, and Ning Rongrong described Yu Xiaogang’s humiliating breakdown and escape.
• Dugu Yan mocked Yu Xiaogang as a fraud and questioned why Bibi Dong admired him.

Lu Ming challenged Bibi Dong’s defense of Yu Xiaogang and questioned the origins of his Ten Core Competencies, leaving the group silent. Bibi Dong had yet to answer his insinuation that Yu Xiaogang’s theories were not his own.

• Bibi Dong angrily defended Yu Xiaogang after Qian Renxue mocked his emotional fragility and poor taste in partners.
• Lu Ming appeared in the chat and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s theories, while Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Snow Empress, and Dugu Yan sent him photographs.
• Bibi Dong restrained her anger and argued that Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies were rigorous and proved his talent.
• The women acknowledged Yu Xiaogang’s reputation as a theorist, and Bibi Dong proudly reaffirmed her belief in him.
• Lu Ming asked Bibi Dong where Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies and their supporting research had come from, then asked whether Spirit Hall knew the answer.

Lu Ming accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing Spirit Hall’s research and claimed Bibi Dong had secretly helped him access the library. Bibi Dong remembered bringing Yu Xiaogang there when she was Spirit Hall’s Saintess.

• Lu Ming argued that Yu Xiaogang could not have researched his theories himself and accused him of plagiarizing the work of earlier scholars.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena whether Yu Xiaogang’s theories could have been stolen, and Hu Liena doubted the accusation.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang in the group and demanded proof from Lu Ming.
• Lu Ming said Yu Xiaogang’s theories came from the Spirit Hall Library Pavilion, where he had memorized and republished confidential records.
• Qian Renxue and other group members questioned how Yu Xiaogang could have entered the restricted library.
• Lu Ming suggested that a high-ranking insider had secretly taken Yu Xiaogang inside and challenged Bibi Dong, prompting her to remember doing so as a Saintess.

Lu Ming revealed that Bibi Dong had secretly taken Yu Xiaogang into Spirit Hall's Library Pavilion, where he accessed its treasured Martial Soul research. Qian Renxue and the other women condemned Bibi Dong in the group, while Xue Qinghe seethed over her favoritism toward Yu Xiaogang and recalled her coldness toward him.

• Lu Ming exposed that Bibi Dong had repeatedly used her authority as Saintess to let Yu Xiaogang into Spirit Hall's Library Pavilion.
• Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had shared Spirit Hall's core secrets with Yu Xiaogang and angrily demanded an explanation in the group.
• Bibi Dong panicked and could not defend herself as Qian Renxue and the others mocked her for betraying Spirit Hall for love.
• Xue Qinghe, watching the group from the Great Soul Arena, grew furious and remembered that Bibi Dong had rejected him when he begged her for comfort.
• Xiao Wu, Snow Empress, and Poison Fairy joined the criticism and ridiculed Bibi Dong's judgment.

Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang’s visit to Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion as harmless academic exchange, while Xue Qinghe condemned her reasoning and watched Lu Ming defeat Plant Academy. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong enthusiastically praising Lu Ming after his victory.

• Bibi Dong insisted that Yu Xiaogang had only looked around the Library Pavilion and threatened the anonymous critic “I Have No Mother.”
• Xue Qinghe lost his composure at Bibi Dong’s defense, then covered it up while speaking with Ning Fengzhi.
• Lu Ming used Blue Silver Grass to defeat all seven members of Plant Academy’s team in a short match.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Lu Ming’s strength and leadership, and identified Ning Rongrong as his daughter.
• Ning Rongrong rushed over to Lu Ming and celebrated his victory.

After Lu Ming defeated his opponents, he called Bibi Dong “big-breasted and brainless” in the group chat, prompting jokes from Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. He then told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had deceived her to gain access to Spirit Hall’s library, and began explaining why.

• Lu Ming exchanged greetings with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe before returning his attention to the group chat.
• Lu Ming teased Bibi Dong by calling her “big-breasted and brainless,” and Ning Rongrong complained that the other women were bullying her over her figure.
• Bibi Dong took Lu Ming’s remark as praise for her figure, asked Hu Liena to confirm it, then demanded an explanation for his insult.
• Lu Ming told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had approached and treated her well to obtain precious materials and classified archives from Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion.
• Bibi Dong denied that Yu Xiaogang would deceive her, but Lu Ming began explaining that Yu Xiaogang had turned to theory after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan expelled him and his cultivation prospects ended.

Lu Ming accused Yu Xiaogang of using Bibi Dong to access Spirit Hall’s archives and passing its research off as his own. He backed the accusation with Spirit Hall’s records, leaving Bibi Dong shaken and Liu Erlong demanding proof.

• Bibi Dong struggled to accept Lu Ming’s claim that Yu Xiaogang had pursued her to gain access to Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion.
• Liu Erlong asked Lu Ming to provide irrefutable evidence before accusing Yu Xiaogang of deception and theft.
• Lu Ming asked Bibi Dong whether Spirit Hall alone possessed its detailed records on Soul Masters, Martial Souls, and Spirit Rings, and she confirmed it did.
• Lu Ming showed that Yu Xiaogang’s Spirit Ring age limits matched Spirit Hall’s recorded maximums exactly, accusing him of copying its research.
• Bibi Dong dropped her scepter as she recognized the numbers, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong condemned Yu Xiaogang as a plagiarist.

Lu Ming exposed Yu Xiaogang’s Limit Theory as plagiarized and fundamentally wrong, claiming that a sufficiently strong body could absorb even a million-year First Spirit Ring. The debate turned toward the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition, where Bibi Dong and Hu Liena vowed that Spirit Hall would still win, while Lu Ming’s team continued its dominant run.

• Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong reeled as Lu Ming’s revelations convinced them that Yu Xiaogang had stolen Spirit Hall’s research and used Bibi Dong.
• Lu Ming declared that Yu Xiaogang’s Spirit Ring limits were false and that a strong enough body could withstand a million-year First Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong cited Lu Ming’s ten-thousand-year Third Spirit Ring as proof that Yu Xiaogang’s limits could be surpassed.
• Hu Liena and Bibi Dong insisted that Spirit Hall would win the competition despite Lu Ming’s strength.
• Lu Ming returned to the Great Soul Arena, where he, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing swept through the preliminary matches without being challenged for even a minute.

After Lu Ming received powerful rewards for exposing Yu Xiaogang in the group chat, Zhu Zhuqing came to his dormitory and shut the door behind her while Dai Mubai watched from the shadows. The chapter left Dai Mubai staring at the closed door in fury.

• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang confronted Lu Ming and threatened to defeat the Blue Tyrant Team, but Lu Ming dismissed them and walked away with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Lu Ming received a six-level Soul Power increase, a thousand-year increase to each Soul Ring, and a liter of True Dragon Essence Blood for exposing Yu Xiaogang.
• Lu Ming advanced to level 64, gained two purple Soul Rings, and drank the True Dragon Essence Blood, which greatly strengthened his body.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Lu Ming's dormitory, entered, and shut the door as Dai Mubai watched from behind a tree.

Zhu Zhuqing asked Lu Ming to pretend to be her boyfriend so Dai Mubai would stop pursuing her. She explained the deadly succession struggle that forced her to flee the Star Luo Empire, leaving Lu Ming to consider her request.

• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing enter Lu Ming's dormitory at night and angrily called them by name, believing she was his possession.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lu Ming to be her boyfriend, then clarified that she wanted him to pretend to be one.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her family’s succession rules pitted her against her sister Zhu Zhuyun and that Dai Mubai had fled the Star Luo Empire, leaving her behind.
• Zhu Zhuqing recounted escaping to the Heaven Dou Empire and finding Dai Mubai indulging in pleasure instead of training, which led her to cut ties with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ming that Dai Mubai still treated her as his possession and pleaded for him to pretend to be her boyfriend so Dai Mubai would leave her alone.

Lu Ming agreed to let Zhu Zhuqing move into his dorm and train under his guidance, while Dai Mubai overheard them and followed her to confront her. Back in his room, Lu Ming checked the chat group and saw its members arguing about the God King in his latest story.

• Lu Ming agreed to let Zhu Zhuqing move into the room beside his and guide her cultivation, and she hurried off to pack.
• Dai Mubai overheard Zhu Zhuqing say she was moving in and became enraged, but he held back from confronting Lu Ming because he feared losing.
• Dai Mubai decided to track down Zhu Zhuqing and demand an explanation, then followed her into the night.
• Lu Ming relaxed in his dorm and read the chat group's reactions to his story about a God King plotting to resurrect his lover.
• Two profile pictures lit up in the chat group, belonging to its pair of rivals.

Ah Yin, resurrected by Lu Ming’s red packet, fled through the Star Dou Great Forest as Tang Hao hunted her for the secret behind her return. She appealed to the chat group for help, while Lu Ming watched the messages and Snow Empress learned that a sacrificed soul beast could be resurrected.

• Qian Renxue taunted Bibi Dong in the chat group until Ah Yin suddenly asked for help.
• Ah Yin ran from Tang Hao near the Star Dou Great Forest, and he demanded to know how she had returned to life.
• Tang Hao grew greedy for the treasure he believed had resurrected Ah Yin and threatened to capture her and force her to reveal it.
• Ah Yin told the chat group that Tang Hao wanted to seize her and the secret of her resurrection, and begged the members to save her.
• Snow Empress reacted with disbelief that Lu Ming’s red packet could resurrect a soul beast that had sacrificed herself.

Lu Ming answered the Chat Group’s pleas and teleported to the Star Dou Great Forest to save Ah Yin from Tang Hao. After appearing before them in disguise and helping Ah Yin up, he faced Tang Hao as the latter unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Lu Ming decided to rescue Ah Yin and used a Super Douluo Experience Card to prepare for Tang Hao.
• Lu Ming put on a Happy Superman mask, concealed his aura, and teleported to Ah Yin’s location in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Hao cornered Ah Yin by a cliff and demanded to know how she had revived, threatening to imprison her if she refused.
• Lu Ming appeared between Tang Hao and Ah Yin, helped Ah Yin to her feet, and ignored Tang Hao’s questions.
• Tang Hao attacked after declaring that he would take both Lu Ming and Ah Yin, activating his Martial Soul Avatar and enlarging the Clear Sky Hammer.

Lu Ming activated a Super Douluo Experience Card as Tang Hao attacked him, while Zhu Zhuqing decided to move in with Lu Ming for cultivation. Dai Mubai tried to stop her, but she rejected him and told him she and Lu Ming had done everything together, leaving Dai Mubai devastated and furious.

• Tang Hao swung his giant hammer at Lu Ming, who activated a Super Douluo Experience Card and raised one finger toward the attack.
• Ning Rongrong waited anxiously at Blue Tyrant Academy for news about Ah Yin and Lu Ming's confrontation with Tang Hao.
• Zhu Zhuqing packed her belongings and told Ning Rongrong she was moving in with Lu Ming to improve her cultivation.
• Dai Mubai burst into the dormitory and tried to stop Zhu Zhuqing from leaving, insisting their engagement and the Dai Family's honor still mattered.
• Zhu Zhuqing reminded Dai Mubai that they had cut ties and told him she and Lu Ming had done everything they should and should not have done.
• Dai Mubai staggered in shock, called Zhu Zhuqing cheap, and raged at her as she felt only disgust toward him.